Theme In Robert Frost Poems

Abstract

This study was conducted to describe Theme structures in Robert Frost Poems. The objectives of this study are 1) to find out various patterns of Theme used in Robert Frost Poems, 2) to identify Nature realization through Theme in Robert Frost Poems, and 3) to find out the reason of the structures of Theme used Robert Frost Poems due to aesthetic perspective of poems. The data were obtained from Complete Poems of Robert Frost and were analyzed by using some steps as normally applied in descriptive qualitative method. The instruments of data collection were the clauses in selected poems in Complete Poems of Robert Frost. Moreover, the analysis was descriptive analysis which was conducted by describing the data. There were ten poems chosen; Stars, Now Close The Windows, Good Hours, The Road Not Taken, The Oven Bird, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Blue-Butterfly Day, Acquainted with the Night, Neither Out Far Nor in Deep, and The Silken Tent. The data analysis revealed that Unmarked Multiple Theme (UMT) was dominantly used. As the result, Unmarked Multiple Theme (UMT) was 44.44%, Unmarked Simple Theme (UST) was 40.48%, Marked Multiple Theme (MMT) was 13.49% and Marked Simple Theme (MST) was 1.59%. The data analysis also revealed that nature was realized through the theme in the poems since the poems used nature terms to represent the untold message to the readers.

Keywords: Theme, Various Patterns of Theme, Poems, Nature